Hovis builds a garden office*

Could you get wood cut at angle like a big wedge to make up the difference? If you're going to clad it you could lap over it.

I’ve got the grand designs tune and Kevin mccloud’s face in my head for some reason...
Looking forward to seeing this progressing and realising I haven’t got a clue as to what everyone is talking about

Subalubadubdub!

update?

I think it would be easier to raise the shed up rather than digging holes for pile cages and filling them with cement. I've attached a photo of what you could do. I'd use wood screws like these: https://www.accu.co.uk/en/747-pozi-button-head-wood-screws so you can uninstall the panels easily if they need replacing in future.

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Been slow going as we've been away last few weekends and on holiday now. Got as far as getting the front and back levelled via beams that a planed. Worked a well. I also cut the front edge of the slab straight with my dads concrete saw which made a hell of a mess but I'm glad I did it.

Also framed the back wall before leaving but stupidly did all the noggins before I squared it up and despite my hardest swings with my sledge hammer it's a bit off, so first job when I get back will be to remove them all, square up and reattach

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Looking good - planing the sill plate makes good sense, and certainly a lot easier than trying to skim a few cm of concrete.

What type of stud is that?

I like the little step too.

It's C24 graded pressure treated 2x4. I've been really impressed with it, all dead straight with no twist. Much better than the c16 stuff you find at builder depots.

Fingers crossed when I get back from holiday the rain and sun hasn't twisted and warped it all.

Wow it looks great so far. Have a good holiday

Progress!

Big up to @6pt and @TTM for helping me lifting the walls up today.

Next up: playing with angles to make the rake walls

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Fantastic, looks like it will be a very tranquil place to work!

Good to see the cat taking possession of it before it's even finished.

Didn't take her long

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Is that Bamboo planted straight in the ground? Or do you have some kind of buried barrier?

Not sure. It was there when we moved in.

I plan on moving it, but I've never attempted to unearth bamboo before and I've heard that it might be a bit mission impossible. It's about 1m from the front of the doorway so have a little wiggle room.

I sense that you're about to tell me I've done a blunder.

Not you, but the previous resident may have. If its been there a while it may be ok. It spreads like crazy. Usually people will put a solid or material barrier around the bamboo to stop it from spreading.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=79

Its not a huge plant so personally I'd stick it in a decent sized pot (making sure to get it all when you dig it up). You have to water it which is a ball-ache but its pretty bad if it spreads. It can grow through concrete. Probably unlikely with that small plant and your chunky slab. There was a house up the road from me when I lived near Chiswick where the bamboo (a fairly big plant in fairness) had grown under a brick wall and through the pavement.

BTW: IANAH (Horticulturalist)

I particularly like the 'sit and ponder my creation' chair

ve never attempted to unearth bamboo before

I'd be happyy to provide you with the opportunity!

It's a ballache.

Not sure if the residents of this property: https://goo.gl/maps/8t77GFvbCKSKAtxJ9 have taken any precautions. It's grown very big.

Wow. I know it can get pretty tall but its rare to see it that tall in this country.

I'm guessing its grown through the pavement as they've got a different section of tarmac out the front. Compared to the lovely paving stones outside the other houses.

It does look glorious though.

My old house in Chiswick had it planted out the back instead of hedges. My mate (who I was renting from) told me he'd planted it with a barrier (to stop it spreading). But it'd grown over that into next door's garden. Fortunately next door was in her senior years and the garden was left to go wild so it wasn't too noticeable. Its going to be a bitch to get out.

So will there be a cat flap or would that lead to no work being done? :)

You could build a couple of bike frames from all that.

Maybe I should tackle it sooner rather than later then. I had a look and found no barrier.

Hopefully its not as much as a pain to remove at that giant ash tree stump was.

Could poison be a last resort? I have another bamboo so I'm not too fussed about keeping it.

FYIW, different bamboos are more/less invasive than others (if at all).

Generally speaking there are two types, running and clumping, the former typically being much more invasive. May be worth finding out what type it is.

Clumping fargesia robusta
And some gigantic bamboo at the Eden project

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